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Possession by jinn (mass)

مس الجن

Of the jinn's harm to man: a touch of possession striking him by God's leave — the Qur'an says of the usurer that he rises only as one whom Satan throws down by the touch; the Prophet ﷺ warded off the jinn's eye and did ruqya for his Companions 1 2.

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Of the jinn's harm to man: a touch of possession striking him by God's leave — the Qur'an says of the usurer that he rises only as one whom Satan throws down by the touch; the Prophet warded off the jinn's eye and did ruqya for his Companions 1 2.

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The wind that destroyed Aad· The questioning and punishment of the grave· Dreams (ahlam)· The prophets' dreams· The hereafter: the grave, resurrection and reckoning· Al-barzakh· Absolute unseen (al-ghayb al-mutlaq)· The Basin (al-Hawd) of the Prophet on the Day of Resurrection

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  1. Sahih Muslim
  2. Tafsir Ibn Kathir
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The wind that destroyed Aad

God destroyed Aad with a screaming, violent wind for seven nights and eight days in succession; you would see the people felled like hollow palm trunks — the first nation destroyed after the Flood.